Widespread rain in the northeast of Victoria before the Wangaratta monthly store cattle sale on Friday saw keen competition for breeding cows with young calves at foot, with prices $50-$80 dearer.
Competition was steady for steers and unjoined heifers.
Prices for cow and calf outfits saw a top price of $1180 for these units.
Joined females, on the point of calving made to $900, up by $40/head on the previous sale.
Later calving heifers were, however, harder to sell.
And unjoined heifers met weaker competition, especially those backward in condition and unsuitable for immediate feedlot entry.
* Extract from market report Stock & Land, Vic, May 22.